All I had to do was get position and bide my time. When he was ready to run, I asked him and he responded. I was just a passenger here. |
Down the backside, the leaders were all outside of us, and I had the rail. I thought to myself that couldn't ask for a better trip. Then he moved for me, but when we got to the lead, he kind of started playing around, so I had to take a hold of him a little bit and shake him up. Then he was able to hold on. |
Flower Alley always showed talent. He was just green. He's (reached that) potential. |
From the start, I wasn't going to let Bellamy Road go. I got after [Flower Alley] at the three-eighths pole and then I asked him and he took off. This is what it's all about. |
Going down the backside, when I didn't see Roman Ruler close to me, I felt it was time to get a little closer to Bellamy Road. I knew if he tried to get away I would be right next to him. |
He was well behaved, he moved really well and warms up really well. He's not a real aggressive horse or anything like that, he's very to himself and didn't give me any indications that he'd be different today. |
He's running good and doing well. I hope he'll bounce back. |
I didn't think she was ever going to get into the gate, but once I got off of her, she went right in. After that, all I was worried about was getting a good position. She broke fine, and when I got her in position, everything went great. |
I don't want to talk about riding titles any more. This is what it is all about. After all these winners the last few years – and we've had some great success – this definitely tops it. The response I got galloping out and the emotion I got, it was definitely a unique feeling. This is tops. |
I have to worry about Bellamy Road and I have to worry about the horses behind me. But I don't feel any pressure. If Bellamy Road goes in :46, he'll be five in front, but if he goes in :47 or slower I'll be right on top of him. |
I just help shaking the whip at him and the more I shook the whip at him the more he went. I hit him once and kept shaking the whip at him and he just kept running. He was a monster today. |
I thought I had a perfect trip. When I asked him, he responded and gave me good run. His horse was just a tiny bit better than mine today. |
I was happy with where I was. He was going very comfortably. |
I was in a comfortable position. He rated perfectly. He has done everything we have asked him to do so far. |
I was stalking Jerry [Bailey aboard My Typhoon] because I didn't want to let him go too easy. The more I got closer to Jerry, the more confidence my filly had. They told me just to be careful if she takes the lead too early because she would pull up. Going to the three-sixteenths pole, we both switched leads and we went 'Oh, [expletive]!' We must have run over two or three geese. One of their feathers was in my foot. It was a delayed reaction. After she went through them, then she got scared. |